“Greece and Azerbaijan are working for the simplification of visa regime between themselves”, said Iraklis Valvis, secretary general of Greek National Tourism Organization at the meeting with tourism companies and business peoples operated in Azerbaijan, APA reports. Valvis said he discussed with the minister of culture and tourism of Azerbaijan Abulfaz Garayev the issue of direct Baku-Athens flight. Valvis has also met with the rector of Azerbaijan Tourism Institute Jafar Jafarov and the students of the institute. They have discussed at the meeting the student and staff exchanging and mutual visits between the tourism schools of the two countries.

OSCE Minsk Group French Co-Chair Bernard Fassier met with EU officials in Brussels on June 19. Fassier’s Spokesman told APA they had discussed solution process of Nagorno Karabakh problem. French mediator will discuss his next week visit to Azerbaijan and Armenia too.

“Azerbaijan has only problem and it is non-solution to Nagorno Karabakh conflict yet, which is a source of threat to whole region.

“The United States does not see itself in the contest with Russia for “influence,” much less a sphere of influence in the South Caucasus or any region.